# Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC, Article 3: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘direct discrimination’ where one person is treated less favourably on grounds of sex than another is, has been or would be, treated in a comparable situation;
(b) ‘indirect discrimination’ where an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would put persons of one sex at a particular disadvantage compared with persons of the other sex, unless that provision, criterion or practice is objectively justified by a legitimate aim, and the means of achieving that aim are appropriate and necessary;
(c) ‘harassment’ where unwanted conduct related to the sex of a person occurs with the purpose, or effect, of violating the dignity of that person, and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment;
(d) ‘sexual harassment’ where any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal, or physical, conduct of a sexual nature occurs, with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/41/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-41/article-3
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